Case for cards.



Patented Oct, 15, I905.

C. H. WILLIS. CASE FOR CARDS.

(Application filed June 4, 1901.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES ATENT rice,

CLAUDE ll. lVILLIS, OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

CASE FOR CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 684,659, dated October15, 1 901.

I Application filed June 4, 1901. Serial No. 63,145. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLAUDE II. WILLIS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Cases for Cards, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to cases for cards, and is especially designedfor use in retaining the identificatiomcards required to be carried byall members of the well-known order of Elks and other benevolent andsimilar associations.

The object of the invention is to provide a light and durable metalliccase which may be secured on the person of the wearer, so as to be atall times in his possession, and provided with novel means for securelyholding the card in place, that maybe securely and tightly closed toprotect the card, that may be quickly opened to display the card, andwhich will be attractive and ornamental in appearance.

To these ends my invention consists in the featuresand in theconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafterdescribed, and particularly pointed out in the claims following thedescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, wherein-- I Figure l is a perspective viewof my improved oase, the same being shown partly open. Fig. 2 is a faceview of the blanks from which the two sections of the case are made.Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the completed case.

Like reference-numerals indicate like parts in the several differentviews.

My improved case is made up of two sections 1 and 2, hinged togetheralong their adjacent edges, as shown, each section being made in asingle piece from sheet metal and approximately rectagular in shape. Toform the connecting-hinge, each section is stamped up with a pluralityof tongues 3 3, which are folded or curved over upon themselves to formeyes through which a pintle or hingepin 4 passes, as usual. The tongues3 on one section are of course located opposite the spaces between thetongues on the adjacent section, and on the end tongues 3 of one or theother of the two sections are formed laterally-projecting lips 5, whichare adapted to be bent over to engage the ends of the pintle orhinge-pin 4 and prevent endwise displacement of the latter or accidentalseparation or detachment of the two sections. The blank from which eachof the sections 1 and 2 is made is bent inwardly at right angles alongits opposite ends and along the edge which lies opposite the hinge toform flanges 6 and 7, said flanges being united at the outer corners ofeach of the sections by a diagonal flange 9, as most clearly shown inFig. 2 of the drawings. Each of the two blanks at the said outer cornersis formed with triangular wings 8 8, which are formed integral with thediagonal flanges 9 and are folded down parallel with the body of thecase along the lines 10, said wings at theiredges resting between theflanges 6 '7 and theirsurfaces lying flush with the edges of saidflanges. The blank from which one of the sections-as section 1, forexample-is made is also formed centrally at its outer edge with a tonguewhich is bent or curved up into tubular shape to form a fastening deviceor clasp 12 to hold the two sections closed. When the two sections areclosed one upon the other, the clasp 12 will spring or snap over theedge of the adjacent section and hold the two sections locked in amanifest manner. At one end of one of the blanks-as 2, for example-isprovided an integral tongue 13, having two slots or apertures 14C 14therein, the said tongue being folded back upon itself along the line15, so that the slots or apertures willregister with one another. Bybending or folding the tongue in the manner described the same is madeof double thickness, and hence of increased strength and capable ofwithstanding greater wear, said tongue forming a convenient means forsuspending the case from or attaching it to the person of the wearer.Within the flanges 6 and 7 of the two sections 1 and 2 of the completedcase the identification or other card is fitted, the corners of saidcard beinginsertedbeneath'thecorner flaps formed by the wings 8 and heldin place by said wings. lVhen the card has been inserted and the case isclosed up, the flanges 6 7 and the flanges of one section will closeagainst or abut-the corresponding parts of the other sec tion, thusforming a tight case which securely incloses the card and effectuallyprotects the same. In practice the end of a watch-chain, key ring orchain, or the like is passed through the slots in the tongue 13, thussecurely attaching the case to the wearer.

The surface of the case can be suitably ornamented and in practice haveembossed or otherwise suitably designated thereon the symbols of theorder to which the identification-card relates.

Having described my invention, What I claim is h 1. A card-casecomprising 'two substantially rectangular sections hinged together attheir inner adjacent edges, each of said sections being formed from asingle metallic blank bent up along its ends and outer edge to formflanges and provided at its outer corners with triangular wings bentover between said flanges to form retaining-flaps, substantially asdescribed.

2. A card case comprising two substantially rectangular sections hingedtogether at their inner adjacent edges, each of said sections beingformed from a single sheet-metal blank, and one of said sections beingprovided with a projecting tongue provided with two apertures, saidtongue being bent or folded upon itself to form a double thickness, thetWo apertures registering with one another to form a suspending orattaching means, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of tWosubscribing Witnesses.

CLAUDE H. WILLIS. \Vitnesses:

J. B. CHRISTIAN, E. A. FREDRIoKsoN.

